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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1570",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 16th June 2003\nLaid before Parliament 20th June 2003\nComing into force 6th October 2003\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 138(1)(a) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 138(4) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1570/introduction",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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